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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Albert S. Andrews (b. 1876) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Candor, Tioga
County, N.Y., April 21,
1876.
Son of David W. Andrews and Thirza J. (Howard) Andrews.
Republican. Lawyer;
treasurer and general manager, Owego Light and Power Co.; Dry
candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities; director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 28,
1854.
Son of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
director, Niagara Fire
Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute
Mills, and Jersey United Gas and Electric Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Seattle to
Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) —
also known as Charles U. Bay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
5, 1888.
Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay.
Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer
of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers;
founder, Bay Petroleum
Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad;
director, First National Bank and
Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1942
to Josephine Holt Perfect. |
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Samuel Arthur Beardsley (1856-1932) —
also known as Samuel A. Beardsley —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
1, 1856.
Son of Arthur Moore Beardsley and Louise Howland (Adams) Beardsley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
incorporated New York Gas, Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.,
which later became the New York Edison Co.; director of several other
utilities; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-92; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1889-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 28,
1932 (age 75 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Moore Beardsley and Louise Howland (Adams) Beardsley;
married, September
14, 1881, to Elizabeth Ann Hopper (died 1916); married 1927 to Lillian
Valérie Ella Walpole-Moore. |
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Son of William Berri .
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing
business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks,
electric utilities, and the New York Telephone
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge of
criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 19,
1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Frances Williams Morris (died c.1910). |
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Aubrey Boyles (b. 1878) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Monroe
County, Ala., October
9, 1878.
Son of Andrew Jackson Boyles and Minnie (Ferrell) Boyles.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1922-26; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1926; promoted
construction of natural gas pipelines.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Matt Brennan (born c.1955) —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Police
officer; security worker at Indian Point power plant;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 2004; candidate for
New
York state assembly 94th District, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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John Cashmore (1895-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 7,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to the
general manager of the New York Edison Company electric
utility; furniture
manufacturer; business
executive; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated,
1923; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1938-44; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; died in office 1961;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Collapsed from a heart
attack, in his car, and
died soon after, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1961 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Canarsie
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) —
also known as George B. Cortelyou —
of Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1862.
Son of Peter Crolius Cortelyou, Jr. (1839-1873) and Rose (Seary)
Cortelyou (1840-1925).
Republican. School
principal; confidential stenographer to President Grover
Cleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;
secretary to President William
McKinley, 1900-01; secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1901-03; financier;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904-07; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1905-07; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, Consolidated
Gas Company, New York, 1909-35; director, New York Life
Insurance Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute,
1933.
Member, Union
League.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in Huntington Bay, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
23, 1940 (age 78 years, 89
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Jeremiah D. Crowley —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Employee of electric power and light company; Socialist Labor
candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1910; Socialist Labor candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912, 1914, 1920; Socialist Labor candidate
for Governor of
New York, 1916, 1926, 1930; Socialist Labor candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1934; Industrial
Government candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles A. Dana (b. 1881) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1910, 1912;
president, Spicer Manufacturing
Co.; president, Parish Pressed Steel
Co.; president, Salisbury Axle Co.
president, New York and New Jersey Water Co.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Son of Washington Duke (1820-1905).
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco
Company, which monopolized the tobacco
industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Son of Ferris
S. Fitch.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware
business; president, Mason Water and Electric Light
Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Foster (b. 1947) —
also known as Bob Foster —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Utility executive; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 2006-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2008.
Still living as of 2011.
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Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot (1855-1943) —
also known as N. V. V. Franchot —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
21, 1855.
Son of Richard
Hansen Franchot and Ann (Van Vranken) Franchot (1822-1881).
Republican. Lawyer; oil
producer; vice-president, Exchange National Bank of
Olean; director Electric Light & Power Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1892,
1904;
mayor
of Olean, N.Y., 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., 1943
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) —
also known as George L. Ingalls —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1914.
Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,
125th District 1966).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Trustee of the New York Power Authority in 1967-90; in 1991,
the powerhouse at the NYPA's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power
Project, in Schoharie County, was named for
him.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
2001 (age 86 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) —
also known as J. Erik Jonsson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1901.
Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas
Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board (1958-66)
of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank,
Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life
Assurance Society, 1958-73; Dallas Power and Light,
1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1964-71.
Member, Newcomen
Society.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Son of Julius
C. Kinne and Rachel (Wetherby) Kinne.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Werner Justus Leitner (b. 1870) —
also known as Werner J. Leitner —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1870.
Electrician;
engineer-in-chief, Maracaibo Electric Light Company; U.S. Vice
& Deputy Consul in Maracaibo, 1910-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer;
utility company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Abbot Augustus Low (1889-1963) —
also known as A. Augustus Low; Gus Low —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Sabattis, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August 1,
1889.
Son of Abbot Augustus Low (died 1912) and Marian (Ward) Low.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Old Forge Electric Company, 1928-37; president, Utica Gas
and Electric Company, 1934-36; executive vice-president, Brooklyn
Edison, and vice-president of its successor, Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, electric utilities; chair of
Hamilton County Republican Party, 1930-42, 1955; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1963 (age 74 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Hamilton County, N.Y.
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Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) —
also known as H. Edmund Machold —
of Ellisburg, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 5,
1880.
Son of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold.
Republican. Dairy farmer; banker;
utility executive; member of New York
state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17,
Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1928-29; Presidential Elector for New
York, 1952,
1956;
executive committee chairman, St. Regis Paper
Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Upstate Medical
Center, Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Ellisburg
Cemetery, Ellisburg, N.Y.
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Harry Hays Morgan (b. 1860) —
also known as Harry H. Morgan; Henry H.
Morgan —
of Louisiana; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
24, 1860.
Son of Philip
Hickey Morgan and Beatrice Leslie (Ford) Morgan.
Cashier of a gas-light company in St. Louis, 1887-91; lawyer; mining
business; U.S. Consul in Horgen, 1897-98; Aarau, 1898-1902; Lucerne, 1902-06; Stuttgart, 1906-07; Amsterdam, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-13; Hamburg, 1913-17; Antwerp, 1918-19; Brussels, 1919-22; Buenos Aires, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. (1854-1926) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., January
14, 1854.
Son of Ophelia (Bookstaver) Odell (1824-1902) and Benjamin
Barker Odell, Sr..
Republican. President, Newburgh Electric Light Co.; treasurer,
Central Hudson Steamboat
Co.; president Orange County Traction
Co.; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1884-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; New York
Republican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1924;
Governor
of New York, 1901-05; Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 9,
1926 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power & Light Co.); delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad,
American Cyanamid Co., Duke Power Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George A. Robinson (1851-1908) —
of Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario,
January, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
naturalized U.S. citizen; volunteer
fire fighter; director, Sayville Electric Light and Power
Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1901-02.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
22, 1908 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Amelia A. Foster (born 1847). |
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Norman Rowe (b. 1867) —
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., April 27,
1867.
General superintendent of an electric power company; U.S.
Consular Agent in Guanajuato, 1907-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Knox Stewart (1853-1919) —
also known as John K. Stewart —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Perth, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1853.
Republican. Textile
manufacturer; director, Farmers National Bank of
Amsterdam; director, Chuctanunda Gas Light Company; member of
New
York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1890; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1899-1903; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1910.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 27,
1919 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer;
utility executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur H. Wicks (b. 1887) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water Supply, and then in
construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Wright (b. 1799) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
13, 1799.
Merchant;
miller; banker; village
president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several
railroad
companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1828
to Lucinda Smith (died 1838); married 1840 to Miss L.
Bailey. |
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